The UEFA Champions League 2011/12 Thread

[ShiftyPowers]

so...the draw for the group stage is tomorrow afternoon.
here's hoping for a nice accessible group for Porto...It'd also be cool to play different teams, it kind of sucks getting the same teams facing us every couple of seasons...

something like this would be perfect:

PORTO
Shakhtar
Basel
APOEL



...either way it goes, just bring it **** on already

I would NOT want Shakhtar. Shakhtar are better than most 1st seeds. Of course Basel and APOEL are ****, so you'd advance.

 

[Mandieta6]

Barcelona
Milan
City
Dortmund

Would be nice.

Anyway, I'd like:

Chelsea
Valencia
Basel
Trabonzspor

Trabonzspor were knocked out in the qualifiers and only got in because of Fehe's misdeeds, so are probably the easiest group. Basel look like the easiest in Pot 3 and doin't involve a long travel for the away game, and Valencia would mean I get to watch Chelsea live.

Would like Dortmund and Lille to get tough groups so they get knocked out early which COULD increase the likelihood of certain players leaving for hopefully Chelsea. Also for Genk to get an easy group so they can maybe get into Europa.

 

[MaSsiVe]

I would NOT want Shakhtar. Shakhtar are better than most 1st seeds. Of course Basel and APOEL are ****, so you'd advance.

we have never played Shakhtar before, hence my wish...either way I don't see them being THAT strong, it's true they have been good in the past seasons but I wouldn't put above any of the 1st seeds tbh.

 

[Filipower]

Obviously everyone's hoping not to get drawn in the ****storm that would be Milan-City-Dortmund. But if there was such a group (and Porto wasn't in there ) that would be amazing!

 

[Coruja]

M. United vs Benfica


History history...

 

[4ndr3i]

Looks like Az got his wish.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Shakhtar it is

Barça x Milan will be awesome

 

[Dytza]

Zlatan in Camp Nou again...

 

[Coruja]

Benfica and Porto have some nice groups. At least on the paper...

 

[MaSsiVe]

PORTO
Shakhtar
Zenit
APOEL

only Basel missed out concerning my earlier wish

Zenit and Shakhtar are tricky teams but we should do fine.

 

[MelvinSmiley]

Bayern
Man City
Villareal
Napoli

Ouch

 

[MaSsiVe]

Bayern
Man City
Villareal
Napoli

Ouch

definitely group of death.

 

[Waldo1639]

 

[Arnau]

We've got an Europa league group.

 

[MelvinSmiley]

We've got an Europa league group.

Definitely could be worse.
Real got Lyon again.....funny and....strange somehow.

 

[Arnau]

hahah Bayern, Napoli and City... poor groguets!

 

[clash]

Always wanted to see us playing against Benfica again, hoping for some classic matches.

 

[Master Pi a Gi]

It was almost all the clubs that i wanted except Man Utd that i wanted Arsenal.
Both Benfica and Porto must pass. Good thing we will practically play at home in Switzerland

 

[Mandieta6]

Looks like Az got his wish.

Yep, the group is a bit tougher than I had hoped, but we should make it through, and I'll get to watch them live hopefully.

 

[kp41]

GROUP A :Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli
Comment: Death group for sure
My picks: Bayern, Man Citeh

GROUP B :Internazionale, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor
Comment: easy group for Inter
My picks: Inter, CSKA

GROUP C: Manchester United, Benfica, FC Basel, Otelul Galati
Comment: easy group for United and Benfica, just formality
My picks: United and Benfica

GROUP D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb
Comment: Real got Lyon and Ajax again
My picks: Real and .... um Ajax

GROUP E: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk
Comment: can be a good group depending on Bayer quality
My picks: Chelsea and Valencia

GROUP F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos, Borussia Dortmund
Comment: the second best group
My picks: Arsenal and Dortmund but we'll see good matches for sure

GROUP G: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, APOEL
Comment: no disrespect but it looks like Europa League group, Porto lost Falcao as well, not interesting
My picks: Shakhtar and Porto

Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, BATE Borisov, Viktoria Plzen
Comment: just 2 matches matters
My picks: everybody knows